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Primary lytic calvarial tuberculosis: a report of two cases

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, National Neurosciences Centre, Peerless Hospital Complex, 2nd Floor, 360, Panchasayar, Garia, 700094, Calcutta, West Bengal, India

    Prasad Krishnan

  2. Department of Pathology, Peerless Hospital and B K Roy Research Centre, Calcutta, India

    Sugat Sanyal

  3. Department of Microbiology, Peerless Hospital and B K Roy Research Centre, Calcutta, India

    Debkishore Gupta

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Krishnan, P., Sanyal, S. & Gupta, D. Primary lytic calvarial tuberculosis: a report of two cases. Acta Neurochir 157, 2223–2225 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2546-x

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